A member of the 1st Expeditionary Civil Engineer Group dons his combat gear before beginning a flightline restoration project at Qayyarah West Airfield May 16, 2017. Qayyarah West is an airfield in northern Iraq’s Ninawa Province and serves as the logistical hub and strategic launching pad resupplying the frontlines in an attempt to recapture Mosul.

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